{"id":1196414,"date":"2022-01-07T09:35:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T14:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1196414"},"modified":"2022-01-07T09:35:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T14:35:49","slug":"papers-please-novak-djokovic-detention-sparks-australian-investigation-into-other-unvaccinated-tennis-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/papers-please-novak-djokovic-detention-sparks-australian-investigation-into-other-unvaccinated-tennis-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Papers, Please: Novak Djokovic Detention Sparks Australian Investigation into Other Unvaccinated Tennis Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpapers-please-novak-djokovic-detention-sparks-australian-investigation-into-other-unvaccinated-tennis-players%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1196414&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Australia launched an investigation into the visas of other visiting unvaccinated tennis players Friday after the detention pending deportation of superstar Novak&nbsp;Djokovic.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic, 34, is currently ranked number one in the world. The Serbian has been detained by Australian Border Force (ABF) officials after they denied his vaccine medical exemption and revoked his visa, as Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/06\/djokovic-held-in-australian-immigration-detention-as-he-fights-deportation\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>More foreign tennis players could be following him as reports emerge at least two other unvaccinated tennis players were able to make it through Australian customs with medical exemptions.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic is currently being held in an immigration detention hotel, waiting so he can challenge&nbsp;the ABF\u2019s decision to deny him entry in a Federal Circuit Court appeal on Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Djokovic Held in Australian Immigration Detention as He Fights Deportation <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f8Wmp5NeCy\">https:\/\/t.co\/f8Wmp5NeCy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1479094150502838272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews told local outlet Channel 9 Djokovic is not being detained and is \u201cfree&nbsp;to leave at any time that he chooses to do so and Border Force will actually facilitate that\u201d if he wishes to return to Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>Andrews also mentioned there was intelligence that indicated there are some other \u201cindividuals\u201d currently in Australia \u201cthat have not met the entry requirements\u201d and the Australian authorities are going to \u201cinvestigate\u201d them, the <em>BBC<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-australia-59903785\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Andrews, speaking on Australian radio show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4bc.com.au\/investigation-underway-into-other-unvaccinated-tennis-players-home-affairs-minister\/\">4BC,&nbsp;<\/a>confirmed the ABF is currently investigating foreign tennis players, but did make the point that \u201ceveryone who has come into the country\u201d could have \u201cthe correct documentation\u201d. Andrews warned if players didn\u2019t meet Australian entry requirements that ABF \u201cwill take the appropriate action\u201d \u2013 which in this case is arrest and deportation.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of Djokovic have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/01\/05\/we-will-fight-them-in-the-streets-djokovic-dad-says-australia-holding-son-captive-over-vaccines\/\">taken<\/a> to the streets in Australia and held vigils outside his hotel after Djokovic\u2019s father&nbsp;Srdjan called for their support.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19396378\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237581607.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19396378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237581607-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A pro-refugee activist holds placards outside a government detention centre where Serbia\u2019s tennis champion Novak Djokovic is reported to be staying in Melbourne on January 7, 2022, after Australia said it had cancelled his visa. (CON CHRONIS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19396458\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237573494.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19396458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237573494-1024x664-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"642\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>People hold placards up at a government detention centre where Serbia\u2019s tennis champion Novak Djokovic is reported to be staying in Melbourne on January 7, 2022. (WILLIAM WEST\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Those who rallied outside the hotel, which is normally used to house alleged refugees, reportedly were disgusted Djokovic was in isolation during the Russian Orthodox Christmas that takes place on the 7th of January.<\/p>\n<p>In Djokovic\u2019s native country of Serbia, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/06\/djokovic-held-in-australian-immigration-detention-as-he-fights-deportation\/\">branded<\/a> Djokovic\u2019s treatment as \u201charassment\u201d and added<span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">&nbsp;Serbian authorities <\/span><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">will be using \u201cinternational public law\u201d to \u201cfight\u201d for \u201cjustice and truth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There has also been anger from Australians about the initial vaccine medical exemption granted to Djokovic after they were pressured into taking the vaccine to meet coronavirus passport requirements, only to see celebrities potentially be granted an exemption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia launched an investigation into the visas of other visiting unvaccinated tennis players Friday after the detention pending deportation of superstar Novak\u00a0Djokovic. 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